9 And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,
10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
11 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more:
12 The merchandise of gold (5557),

5557crusoV chrusos khroo-sos'

perhaps from the base of 5530 (through the idea of the utility of the metal), gold;

1) to receive a loan
2) borrow
3) to take for one's use, to use
3a) to make use of a thing

and silver (696),

696arguroV arguros ar'-goo-ros

from argos (shining);

AV-silver 5; 5

1) silver
1a) #1Co 3:12 refers to the silver with which the columns of noble buildings
were covered and the rafters adorned
1b) things made of silver
1b1) vessels
1b2) images of gods

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1 Corinthians 3:12 Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
13 Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.
14 If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.
15 If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.

1) as of great price, precious
2) held in honour, esteemed, especially dear

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5092timh time tee-may'

from 5099;

AV-honour 35, price 8, sum 1, precious 1; 43

1) a valuing by which the price is fixed
1a) of the price itself
1b) of the price paid or received for a person or thing bought or sold
2) honour which belongs or is shown to one
2a) of the honour which one has by reason of rank and state of office
which he holds
2b) deference, reverence

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5099tinw tino tee'-no strengthened for a primary tiw tio tee'-o (which is only used as an alternate in certain tenses)

1) a stone
1a) of small stones
1b) of building stones
1c) metaph. of Christ

and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,
13 And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots (4480),

4480reda rheda hred'-ah

of Latin origin;

AV-chariot 1; 1

1) a chariot, a type of vehicle having four wheels

and slaves (4983),

4983swma soma so'-mah

from 4982;

AV-body 144, bodily 1, slave 1; 146

1) the body both of men or animals
1a) a dead body or corpse
1b) the living body
1b1) of animals
2) the bodies of planets and of stars (heavenly bodies)
3) is used of a (large or small) number of men closely united into one society, or family as it were; a social, ethical, mystical body
3a) so in the NT of the church
4) that which casts a shadow as distinguished from the shadow itself

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4982swzw sozo sode'-zo

from a primary sos (contraction for obsolete saos, "safe");

AV-save 93, make whole 9, heal 3, be whole 2, misc 3; 110

1) to save, keep safe and sound, to rescue from danger or destruction
1a) one (from injury or peril)
1a1) to save a suffering one (from perishing), i.e. one suffering
from disease, to make well, heal, restore to health
1b1) to preserve one who is in danger of destruction, to save or rescue
1b) to save in the technical biblical sense
1b1) negatively
1b1a) to deliver from the penalties of the Messianic judgment
1b1b) to save from the evils which obstruct the reception of the
Messianic deliverance

and souls of men.
14 And the fruits (3703)

3703opwra opora op-o'-rah

apparently from the base of 3796 and 5610;

AV-fruit 1; 1

1) the season which succeeds summer, from the rising of Sirius to that of Arcturus, i.e. from late summer, early autumn, our dog days
2) ripe fruits (of trees)

that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee, and all things which were dainty (3045)

of her torment, weeping and wailing,
16 And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!
17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
18 And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city!

The World Trade Center, also known as the "Twin Towers," was
built as a result of a massive urban renewal project sponsored by
the Port Authority of New York. Begun in 1966 and completed in
1970, the 16-acre site is the center of international trade and
commerce. At least 50,000 people work at the World Trade
Center and another 70,000 visit each day.

The Center consists of two 110-story (1350 feet each) office
towers (One and Two World Trade Center), a 47-story office
building (Seven World Trade Center), two nine-story office
buildings (Four and Five World Trade Center), an eight-story U.S.
Customhouse (Six World Trade Center), and the 22-story New
York Marriott World Trade Center Hotel (Three World Trade
Center).

The buildings are located around the 5-acre Austin J. Tobin Plaza. The World Trade
Center Mall, located immediately below the plaza, hosts a wide range of shops and
restaurants.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Americans turned to their churches, synagogues, mosques, temples and even
one of the city's baseball fields in hope that religion would offer a roadmap out of horror.

Sunday's special focus was on the interfaith ``A Prayer for America'' service at New York's Yankee
Stadium. The nationally televised event was held especially for the families of victims and the rescue
workers who've become heroes to a weary city and nation.

The event -- part sacred and part secular, both a patriotic rally and prayer meeting -- was led by
several celebrities but was essentially a community affair, unlike the inter-religious service Sept. 14 at
Washington's National Cathedral.

[...]

The carefully balanced religious roster also included leaders of local Hindu and Sikh temples, black
and white Protestant pastors, Armenian and Greek Orthodox archbishops, and male and female
Jewish rabbis.

The master of ceremonies was television's Oprah Winfrey, who added a New Age touch, saying
``when you lose a loved one you gain an angel whose name you know.'' On Sept. 11, she said,
``6,000 angels were added to the spiritual roster.''

[...]

New York (city)

New York, the largest city in the United States...Manhattan, the most densely populated borough and the city's economic and cultural center, is often considered to be synonymous with New York City....New York is the location of the headquarters for many leading U.S. business firms, as well as the U.S. television and radio broadcasting industry, and it is the home of the United Nations. Most banks and brokerage firms and the exchanges--the New York and American stock exchanges, the commodity exchanges, and the maritime exchange--are found in the Wall Street area, a world financial center. The city is also the largest wholesale trade center in the United States; cereals, furs, produce, paper, meat, and leather are the main commodities. Retail trade in New York is centered in midtown Manhattan...In the manufacturing sector, the garment and publishing industries are the two largest and best-known industries in New York, and petrochemicals, processed foods, metal goods, electrical machinery, paper products, and leather goods are also produced...A hub of U.S. and world transportation, New York has one of the world's finest natural harbors. It is ice-free year-round and deep enough to enable large ships to reach its piers regardless of the tide. The port has 931 km (578 mi) of direct water frontage, with an additional 411 km (255 mi) in the adjacent New Jersey bays...The city operates the nation's largest public education system, with nearly 1,000 schools administered by a 7-member board of education and 32 local boards. The City University of New York comprises 19 senior and junior colleges, among them Brooklyn, Hunter, Queens, and City. Among the private universities are Columbis, Fordham, New York, Yeshiva, branches of some Long Island universities, and Barnard College. Numerous hospitals and several major medical-research centers, including Rockefeller University and the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, are located in New York City...One of New York's most famous streets, Broadway begins in lower Manhattan at Battery Park and traverses the island for its entire length. Downtown, Broadway passes through the Wall Street and City Hall areas. At Broadway and 34th Street, Macy's, one of the world's largest department stores, marks the heart of the garment district. Seventh Avenue intersects Broadway immediately north of 42d Street at Times Square...Farther north on Broadway, between 62d and 66th Streets, is Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. In the Columbia University area, to the east of Broadway north of 110th Street, is the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, the largest Gothic-style cathedral in the world...Fifth Avenue is known for its department stores and elegant residences. It is also the site of several world-famous art museums...contains a wide variety of other museums...Lower Fifth Avenue ends in Washington Square Park, a focal point of the area known as Greenwich Village, long associated with the city's artistic community. South of Greenwich Village lies SoHo, also an artists' and writers' neighborhood. Lower Manhattan is the location of the Woolworth Building, the World Trade Center (its twin towers are the tallest buildings in the city), and Fraunces Tavern (1719). The United Nations Headquarters, on the East River at 42d Street, occupies a 7-ha (18-acre) plot. The complex includes parks, sculptures, and a riverfront promenade...sports [are] one of the major businesses in the city...Following the American Revolution, from 1785 to 1790, New York served as the capital of the United States. There Washington was inaugurated president in 1789. New York was also the capital of New York State until 1796, when the seat of government was moved to Albany.

Grolier Electronic Publishing, Inc., 1995

New York City has been called "The Promised Land"...Busy little tugs dart here and there; lazy, loaded scows pull out to sea; heavy freighters carry the corn or the meat of the Middle West across the seas or bring to port coffee and tea and luxuries for our table; queenly liners, tourist-laden, are bound for European ports or for the Orient...Landing on Manhattan, [you] will quickly be in the midst of man's greatest achievements in the fields of science and engineering; for here are some of the finest examples of modern bridge building, numerous tunnels cut through the solid rock on which the city is built, and the tallest structures in the world...The shores of Manhattan Island are lined with docks and wharves of the largest steamship lines in the world...

The Wonderland of Knowledge Encyclopedia, 1965

NEW YORK JEWISH HISTORY

Lance J. Sussman, Department of History,
Binghamton University
State University of New York, Binghamton, NY

New York State is the location of both the
oldest and largest Jewish community in North
America. With nearly 2 million Jews, New York
City alone accounts for over one-third of all
Jews in the United States. At present, New
York City remains the principal port of entry
and site of settlement for new Jewish immigrants
to the United States including Iranian, Israeli and
Russian Jews. New York City is widely viewed
as both the organizational and cultural "capital"
of the American Jewish community with the
majority of major American Jewish
organizations maintaining their offices in
Manhattan. Indeed, New York City has played
such an outstanding role in American Jewish
history that it is often difficult to separate local
New York Jewish history from the larger
national picture.

Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, Chief Rabbi of the Galilee
city of Tsfat, made the following remarks on
Arutz-7 two days after the catastrophic attacks in
the United States:

“The perpetrators of these attacks are, amazingly,
people who just love death. As the verse says,
"Those who hate Me [G-d] love death." We, on
the other hand, love life, we constantly pray for
life, and especially during these High Holy days
we say, Remember us for Life, Inscribe us in the
Book of Life, etc. G-d, too, loves life. His
Temple is totally dedicated to life, we are not
permitted to bring corpses into it, even one who
touched a dead body, or one who touched one
who touched a dead body, etc., is not permitted
to enter the Holy Temple. Even stones cut by
tools that could be used for war are not permitted
to be used for the Temple. On the other hand,
many monasteries have skeletons and crypts, and
the Arabs bury their dead in their holiest sites,
such as Feisal Husseini recently. These people
simply love to see death.

"We know that Eretz Yisrael is the place on
which, as the Torah says, G-d’s eyes are directed
"from the beginning of the year until the end of the
year." It is simply the place of Divine Providence,
and we know that this is true, as we have seen so
many miracles here over the past year. The Jews
in America have helped us greatly over the years,
and now it is our turn to help them. We have
absorbed so many new immigrants over the past
years, and we can do so again with American
Jewry. It is time for us to tell our brothers in
America, “You have nothing to do there - come
home!"

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=10036

New York's attractions are almost innumerable--enough to draw over 17 million visitors per year--but they include 150 museums, 400 art galleries, 38 Broadway theaters, and scores of concert halls, clubs, and dance halls. In addition there are 780 landmark buildings, 50 landmark interiors, and 51 historic districts...The city leads the nation in the arts, fashion, advertising, banking and financial services, publishing, broadcasting, and certain of the service industries; it is the home of the UN General Assembly; and there are 87 colleges and universities...Manufactured products comprise apparel, chemicals, metal products, and printing.

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